Climate adaptation

Climate adaptation

Heatwave Heat: How Extreme Temperatures Disrupt Fresh Produce Supply and Deepen Nutrition Inequality

Hook A single week of extreme heat can slash fresh fruit availability by 30%, pushing already vulnerable families into deeper nutritional deficits.1 That drop translates into fewer than three servings of fruit per person per day in many urban zip codes, compared with the USDA recommendation of two cups

Climate adaptation

Heatwaves, Floods, and Food Waste: How Climate Stress Deepens Nutrition Inequality

On a sweltering July afternoon in 2024, a mother in Detroit watches steam rise from a busted cooler outside her apartment building. Inside, a bag of wilted lettuce sits beside a bottle of insulin that has warmed beyond its safe range. The scene is a stark snapshot of a growing

Climate adaptation

Why Pittsburgh’s Gray Pipes Are the Real Flood Threat - and Native Trees Offer a Cheaper Fix

It was a sweltering July afternoon in 2024 when a sudden downpour turned the bustling strip of Fifth Avenue into a rushing river. Water surged over the curb, splashing into storefronts and trapping a delivery driver in his van for ten minutes before the city’s pumps could coax it